Govt. shutdown averted ... amusing ..!

crude past $75

so is the economy well, nor well or "transitory" inflation will make it unwell; so we need more medicine ..?

also it doesn't help S&P500 much, as energy is only 3% of the index, while tech occupies most of the space ..!

TNX shooting to the moon

 1.3 to 1.5 ... wow ..!

Chilled pasta - a new addition to TheVIP's kitchen

 

IJC 351K bit higher & Svcs PMI lower

 teenies jumped from 1.3 low to 1.41 today

Feds left the rates unchanged - as expected

teenies came down to 1.3 but jumped to 1.336 during conf. since tapering seems to be coming this year  - Nov may be ..?

ever heard of Evergrande ..?

 caused Hong Kong to go down 4% tonight & a bump on S&P futures?

S&P drops 5% from the peak ..!

cons. sent starting to fade ..

 baffled the market + quad witching today 

closed 2.5% down from peak

IJC slightly high at 332K, but RS 0.7% up

with all the stimulus money floating around, we don't have enough containers, so can ship goods from China .. how ironic ..!

core CPI 0.1%

market jumped on announcement, but ignored its in NY presuming that the data is temporary and not inflation which is here to stay .!

dems have limited period to get the wish list done ...

lets' tax the hell out to raise $3.5T ... but no one blinks when the raise their hands to spend on stupid things like Afghanistan & Iraq Wars ..!

extravaganza at Ballys

strong PPI put dent in market rise

IJC 310K; CJC 2.783M

yes, people getting back to work as the benefits expire

ECB reduces the bond purchase, by $10M - a nominal amount

talk of the town - taxes ... the honeymoon is over ..!

 pay more so govt. can give you more .. transfer of money ..!

NFP 235K

& someone added that its due to non-availability of child care... really now the govt. needs to provide childcare for people to return to work.

Services PMI 55.1

IJC 340K

beg of Sep ...

weak ADP 374k, exp 600K

strong ISM